While much attention was on the US this week, there was also an official acknowledgment that Australia is in recession, and a controversial HomeBuilder program to boost the economy.

A woman observes social distancing guidelines as she rides the subway in Moscow, Russia. President Vladimir Putin has been accused of suppressing the number of deaths from COVID-19.
(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
June 4, 2020

That George Floyd died at the hands of four police officers is uncontested, but interpretations of his death and its aftermath differ greatly. The result is two starkly opposed narratives.

U.S. President Donald Trump walks past police in Lafayette Park after he visited outside St. John’s Church across from the White House on June 1, 2020, in Washington.
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
June 3, 2020